Hi All,
I have a problem with using the find command.In my file structure,I need to find files that are exactly 14days old to execute an archive script.I used the "find . -mtime 14" command which displays 14day old files.The problem,however,is I get files that are more than 14days .For example today is Sep 4th,14day old files should be files on August 21st.I sometimes get files that are also on August 20th.How do I solve this issue?I need only 14day old files..NO MORE.
Thanks
PS: Find -mtime n apparently displays files that are n*24hours old.
The mtime with no sign means for example, 3 (as in -mtime 3 or -atime 3), means the 24-hour period that ended exactly 3 days ago (in other words, between 96 and 72 hours ago).
The other way to find the files created after some date and time is -
create empty file with touch have date as 21-AUG 00:01
Code:
touch -t 08210001 t1
now compare the files created after this file.
Code:
find path -newer t1 -ls
Now it will give you files created after 21st Aug midnight 00.00.
Hi Dhruva,
One more point please, the approach you mentioned, it lists all the file newer than the touched date.However,I want only files that are 14days old i.e files that were created btw Aug 21 2006 00:01 and Aug 21 2006 23:59. The find . -newer option would list all files newer than the touched date.
First thing however,how do I get the date 14days ago?
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